Courses available in 2025-2026

The Essential School of Painting (ESOP) is an independent London-based art school offering courses for all levels, from beginner classes to postgraduate and professional programmes.

We offer a range of in-studio and online courses, including yearlong programmes taught once a week and ESOP’s renowned two-year Advanced Painting Course (2025–27), which provides each student with a dedicated full-time studio.

For more information about our courses and scholarship programmes, please click the relevant links below.

ESOP Advanced Painting Course 2025-2027

The ESOP Newman Young Artists Scholarships 2025-2027

ESOP yearlong courses 2025-2026

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*Our 2 year Advanced Painting course offers 3 days of tutorials per week during term time with a studio space for each student 24/7

** Young artists aged between 20 and 30 years at the time of starting the course